“Winning.”

F,

And so, what if we win? The other side of the coin is just the other side of the coin. All battles give temporary reprieve. We win by keeping the faith till the end and not by beating the problems in only the present. There is a large swath of forever to come. This is all training for that.

We win by being unchanged by the cries of victory, by being unmoved by the prizes this portends. It is like with anything else, the win is an opportunity to do something. It is not the end of the matter. In many ways, it is only the beginning of things. And this is a good thing. We cannot react to temporary things with permanent smiles or frowns. In winning or losing, we are walking into the things to come. We face both with the same heart. None of it works until all of it works. No one has become whole until all of us are free.